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. l CURTAIN POLE. No. 380,932. btPantani-,ed Apr. l0, 1888.

UNrrs STATns a'rnrsr @irren JULIUS RINGS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CURTAIN-POLE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,932,dated April 10, 1888.

Application filed August 4, 1887. Serial No. 246.132. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JULrUs RINGS, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles, of which the following isa specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a novel curtain-pole forsupporting the curtain-rings concentrically; and to such end theinvention consists in a curtainpole having vertical longitudinal ridgeson its top and horizontal longitudinal ridges on its sides, incombination with curtain-rings supported con centric with said polebymeans of its said ridges, all as more fully hereinafter described, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 representsa transverse section in the plane x x, Fig. 2, of a curtain-polecontaining my invention. Fig. 2 isa sectional side elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section in the plane y y, Fig. 4, of thepole as applied to use, the said figure being drawn to a smaller scalethan the preceding figures. Fig. 4 is a plan or top view of the same.Fig. 5 is a transverse section in the plane a z, Fig. 4. Fig. 6V is atransverse section of a modification.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a cylindrical core, of wood orother suitable material, which core is tightly surrounded by anenvelope, B, made of sheet metal. In the envelope are formedlongitudinal ridges-such as a a and b b-by forcing outward the materialof the same in any well-known manner. The ridges a a are located at thetop of the envelope B and the ridges b b atthe sides theren of, so thatthe rings C are supported at four points and can be made to hangconcentric with the envelope or pole. The ridges a ci and b b are madequite narrow, and consequently the rings C can slide thereon withcomparatively little friction, and at the same time they cannot bejarred out of their positions.

When the pole and fixtures are to be used for portire curtains, the coreA is provided with a longitudinal groove7 D, which is intended for thereception of the parallel strands c and e' of the curtain-cord. In thiscase the rings C and C, Figs. 3, 4, and 5, form the leading rings, andare respectively attached to the strands e and c ofthe curtain-cord byany suitable clamp, as f. The curtain cord 1s passed about a horizontalpulley, F,located in the groove D at one end of the core A, and

about vertical pulleys G G at the opposite end of the cord. The ends ofthe cord are passed through a suitable opening, g, in the pole andextend downwardly, as usual, within reach of a person. If the end ofstrand e is drawn downward to move the curtain-cord in the direction ofarrow l, Figs. 3 and 4, the rings C' C are moved away from each otherand the curtain-sections are drawn apart. If the end of strand e isdrawn downward, the curtain-cord is moved in a direction opposite toarrow 1 andthe curtain-sections are movedv toward each other.

As seen in Figs. l. and 2, the ends h hof the envelope are bent downwardand forni a facing for thesides of the groove D,vand, if desired, saidends can be secured by screws or rivets to the core.

If the envelope B is made of thielr'sh'eet metal, which willsuccessfully resist indentation, the core A can be dispensed with andthe envelope formed as shown in Fig. 6.

A curtain-pole as hereinbefore described provides an almost frictionlesssupport for the curtain-rings, and the latter are consequently prevented'from binding and can be moved. very easily.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A curtain pole having vertical longitudinal ,ridges a a on its topand horizontal longitudinal ridges b b on its sides, in combination withcurtain-rings supported concentric with said pole by means ol' its saidridges, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a curtain-pole, the combination, with the core A, of the envelopeB, surrounding said core and v having vertical longitudinal ridges a aon its top and horizontal longitudinal ridges b b on its sides, wherebythe pole is adapted to support curtain-rings concentrically,substantially as shown and described.

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3. In a curtain-pole, the combination, with hand and. seal in thepresence of two subscribthe Core A, having a longitudinal groove, D, ingWitnesses.

in its top of the metallic envelope B having vertical longitudinalridges a a on its top JULUS RINGS' [L S'] 5 and horizontal longitudinalridges b b on its Witnesses:

sides, substantially as shown and described. JACOB GANDRAS, In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set my JULIUs SToLL.

